Come learn about the impact of traumatic experiences have on brain and genetic functioning, how to foster resilience in both the individual and across communities. Space is limited. See information to sign up.
On November 29th, #GivingTuesday, join GAGDC in supporting thier mission to help Auburn Gresham GOLD children and families thrive. Your gift will support needed programming.
Oliver Westcott Elementary has mastered a way to bring the students and parents together, just to have fun. The student and parent engagement “Family Game Night” was just the right ticket.
Find out how a degree or certificate from City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) can put you on the path to a rewarding career either right after graduation, or after a successful transfer to a four-year university.
Auburn Gresham community, come out and celebrate all your hard work contributing to Your Voice Matters Quality of Life Plan planning process. The first celebration of our collective works, will be held October 29, 2016, at the Salaam Restaurant & Bakery, 700 West 79th Street, from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
Leo Catholic High School principal Shaka Rawls put out a call for help, and the community answered.
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System will renovate and operate a new federally-qualified, school-based health center, in 2017 at Bronzeville’s John B. Drake Elementary School, nearby schools, and Dearborn Homes, one of the last remaining public housing communities of the former State Street corridor.
GAGDC’s Auburn Gresham GOLD, a community education initiative is highlighted in PBS Newshour, with Illinois State University partner.
State Senator Jacqueline Collins introduced legislation creating the Illinois Attendance Commission; my colleagues on both sides of the aisle passed it, and the governor signed it into law in recognition of the vital importance of keeping our young people in school.
Thanks to the IL State Treasurer’s Office, we will help lots of students enter the 2016-2017 school year with all the right supplies, at the youth pavilion, during the #79thStRenFest, September 10th.
